Authorhouse Hijacked My Novel
October 27, 2011
My novel The Tuzla Run was originally published by Authorhouse in 2009. I was unhappy with the result and instructed them to stop publication and sale. They did not respond.
I republished with Createspace, both in hard copy and eBook format, but Authorhouse continued to offer the book to buyers.
I wrote by mail to Authorhouse in the USA and received a commitment from them in a letter dated July 20th, 2011 that they would not offer my book for sale.
I now find that not only have they continued to offer my book for sale but they have also published an eBook version for sale on Kindle.
Needless to say I have not been informed of any royalties.
ROBERT DAVIDSON 
October 29, 2011 at 4:46 pm
I bet you’re angrier than you sound…
They can’t possibly hope to get away with this, but it’s disgusting that they would even try.
Good luck.
October 30, 2011 at 11:45 am
I’m beginning to see a glimmer of hope in that they have – at last – answered my letter. I’ll stay optimistic. Thanks.
November 3, 2011 at 3:23 am
Hi Robert, I also had issues with Authorhouse. Also a book I published with them, I was happy with the book, but after the book was published, I battled to get reaction from them. It is a long story and space is too short to go into detail, but I guess you are not the only one having trouble with them. I also just had my book re published locally, at a tenth of the price I paid at Authorhouse.
Please feel free to drop me a line at colin.i7@absamail.co.za
Would love to get in contact with you.
Kind regards,
Colin.
November 11, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Colin,
Please excuse the apparent delay in answering but I’m still trying to cope with all this new (to me) technology and keep discovering massages all over the place.
I look forward to hearing more about your problems and how you resolved them.